Italy for sale: alternative objects -- alternative markets

Abstract

"In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Italian Renaissance art, objects, and even the idea of Italy itself figured heavily both in the dynamic international art market and in the eyes of the general public. The alternative objects that were actively dispersed and collected -- authentic works, pastiches, Renaissance-inspired counterfeits, and reproductions -- in the diverse media of paint, plaster, terracotta, and photography, had a tremendous impact on visual culture across social strata. These essays examine less studied aspects of this market through the lens of just a few of the countless successful sales of objects out of Italy."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Export/Import: Italian Plaster Casts Come to the United States / Martha Dunkelman -- Staging Italian Artworks at the 1900 Paris Universal Exposition for the Benefit of a Transnational Art Market / Paola Cordera -- Ugo Bardini: Artist and Dealer of Botticelli's Cincinnati Judith / Maria Eletta Benedetti.